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All on Account of the Cheese
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Madge Kirby [Susie], Clarence Barr [Susie’s father], Dave Morris [the police chief]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 23 November 1914; in a split-reel with Thrown Off the Throne (1914). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Susie leaves a half-eaten cheese sandwich on the table. Hearing a noise, she telephones to her father that there are burglars in the next room, and promptly climbs into a trunk, pulling the lid down after her. Her father summons the police, and breaking down the door they discover the cause of the alarm, a number of mice gnawing the cheese.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 October 2023.

References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.